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Spaghetti alla Carbonara (Roman, Raw Egg)

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One meal for 2 adults + 2 kids; eat fresh. No cream, as in Rome. Heat of the pasta cooks the yolks.
Kids: Kid portion is half; same full-flavour dish.
Ingredients
- 100 g (about 1 cup grated) pecorino romano
- 50 g (about ½ cup grated) Parmigiano Reggiano
- 6 egg yolks
- 2 whole eggs
- 2 tsp black peppercorns
- 250 g (about 1⅔ cups diced) guanciale or smoked lardons, 1 cm batons
- 400 g (about 4 cups broken or loosely nested) spaghetti or rigatoni
- salt for pasta water
Steps
- Put 100 g (about 1 cup grated) pecorino and 50 g (about ½ cup grated) Parmigiano in the bowl. Grate. 10 sec/speed 9
- Add 2 tsp peppercorns. Crack coarsely. 4 sec/speed 9
- Add 6 yolks and 2 whole eggs. Mix to a thick paste; leave in the bowl. 15 sec/speed 4
- Boil 400 g (about 4 cups broken or loosely nested) pasta in a big pot of salted water until al dente. Meanwhile fry 250 g (about 1⅔ cups diced) guanciale in a dry frying pan until crisp and the fat runs (6–8 min).
- Drain pasta, keeping 1 cup (250 ml) water. Toss pasta into the guanciale pan off the heat. Scrape egg mix over with ¼ cup (60 ml) pasta water and toss hard 1 min until glossy and creamy, adding water as needed. Not on the heat or it scrambles.
- Portion & store: makes ~3 adult portions (~120 g dry pasta each); a kid portion is half. Eat straight away. Fridge Eat fresh; freezer Not suitable.
Dark settings like 5 min/100°C/speed 1 are Thermomix TM7 time/temperature/speed. Unfamiliar word? See the glossary.